Observation of Quantized Voltage Steps Using a Josephson Junction Array Driven by Optoelectronically Generated Pulses

摘要

In this paper, quantized voltage steps were observed by driving an overdamped Josephson junction array (JJA) with current pulse trains. The current pulse trains were generated by triggering a metal–semiconductor–metal photodetector installed close to JJA at 4.2 K with a mode-locked fiber laser. The intervals of the constant voltage steps were 10 $muhbox{V}$, which agrees with the repetition frequency of the light source (49.7 MHz) and the number of Josephson junctions (100) in the JJA. This is the first step toward establishing an ac voltage standard at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.